The elephant is up there, because he is tired and wants to have a sip from the lassi.
Or so my son says.
I am too tired to say anything more. Its because of eating all the delicacies here than cooking them.
So for a change, I am keeping my mouth shut and presenting the Punjabi Thali, as part of Blogging Marathon 15.
Enjoy the spread!
The menu:
*Scroll down for recipe
- Vegetable dishes
- Paneer (Tofu, actually)Butter Masala : Paneer cooked in a rich onion-tomato gravy
- Dal Tadka* : Moong dal tempered with jeera and red chilies. Simple, yet heavenly
- Rajma Masala : Red kidney beans in onion tomato gravy. Comfort food, when had with plain rice.
- Rice
- Jeera Rice with Cashews and Almonds : Rice cooked with cumin seeds, almonds and cashews
- Roti
- Onion Paratha : Ready made, shame on me :D
- Sides
- Sweet
Ingredients for Dal Tadka:
- Moong dal : 1 cup, cooked
- Ghee/oil : 1 tsp
- Jeera (Cumin seeds) : 1/2 tsp
- Red Chilies : 1
- Hing : a pinch
- Salt
Method:
- Mash the cooked moong dal. Keep aside.
- Heat the ghee or oil in a kadai. Add the jeera seeds and red chilies. Add a pinch of hing too.
- Add the dal and required amount of salt and let it come to a boil.
- Take off the heat and serve hot with rice or roti.
Linked to:
- Blogging Marathon #15, under Indian Thali theme
- Indian Thali Mela
My Kitchen Trials 
I did your dal tadka as I created a mini Thali for the Blog Hop – so simple and yum – http://gourmetglobal.blogspot.com/2012/10/mini-punjabi-thali.html
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This thali looks lovely too.
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Haha,can unedrstand the’elephant’ situation.Lil one does that oftenand most of thetime I just let it be inthe pic…The thali is absolutely amazing.GReat job and excellent click….
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Awesome Thali! The elephant makes it even more picturesque.
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I am loving it. Kudos to your effort.
Vardhini
CooksJoy
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What a bummer…I look forward to reading your write-up …and today you just didn’t chose to write. Felt like kicking you with that elephant. But got a super visual treat from the spread. Looks awesome. So I’m sparing you today.
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Beautiful spread. Loved all the dishes….
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Wonderful spread,makes me drool….nice presentation with tempting clicks…
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aw…now you can actually make out that my hands n mind were not working with all the typos!!
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believe me…my mind stopped working..my hands were still…and I am scratching my head…cant think what to write…..vey vey well done!!…the whole spread is amazing….and the green paper..it looks like hand made paper to me…has brought the pic to life!
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superb clicks and lovely presentation… loved the dahi wada especially :) The green background is a parchment paper ?
Kalyani
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Well though I miss your talk, guess I am fine right now drooling over all that dishes spread!..great efforts Rajani and you say you don’t like to cook much!..
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what a display..even the stuffed elephant couldn’t resist!
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Wow that’s one tummy filling spread you have there. I would be tired to enjoying all the dishes.
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Omg, again a super spread, irresistibe dahi vadas..
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This looks super tempting…i may turn into that elephant now to grab a bite….
dahi wada win hands down for me on any platter…but here i m confused , awesome spread
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Yummy !!! That is the only word I have, looks superb, great pics :)
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Loved the textured paper background. Nicely done.
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